I Can't Believe How Quick and Easy It Is To Make 4 - Ingredient Homemade Whole Wheat Tortillas! Also, I Am Spartacus.

Yes. 
I made these whole wheat tortillas today.
By hand!!! I hand made them!

I have to do EVERYTHING around here!

I wasn't planning on making homemade tortillas today, at all.

I woke up early and for some odd reason,
 felt very productive.
I had no idea that was possible, actually.

Then I threw 
one of my neighbor's organic, free-range chickens in the crockpot, 
using this recipe that is no-fail fantabulous.

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I made sure to make a warm mug of lemon water to start the day.

I do more than lemon though. 

I also add:

• Honey for allergies
  
• Cayenne for metabolism/digestion
  
• Turmeric for inflammation
  

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I had washed the dishes and 
cleaned the kitchen the. 
night. 
before.

I KNOW!! Can you believe it??? So I didn't get dragged down with that.

I also saw it was beginning to get light outside...

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So I ran out to water the flowers. 

It occurred to me I apparently  
over-fertilized this particular basket last week.


Not cool, 


I know.

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Now the garden hose doesn't extend all the way out to the flower pot by the road....

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Man, those flowers grow TALL!!

So I always have to grab the watering can that sits by the garden shed...

Anyhoo, I think I've been doing a good job keeping 
these flowers in this planter watered...

Sometimes 
I'm successful.


Sometimes I'm not.

Note to self: 
Be productive tomorrow and take some soap and water to that sign frame.

Additional Note to Self: 
Do not wear pajamas while doing this.

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And I hightail it out to the sign, all the while praying nobody drives by and sees me in my pajamas.

Know what else is tall?   The corn! 
You just can't beat the beauty of Iowa in summer in the early morn hours!

If *I* can do it, anyone can do it! 
Seriously!! A monkey, a 2 year old, the neighbor's 
Border Collie that stops by occasionally...ANYBODY!

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And it's only 
4 ingredients! 
4!

Okay, I just noticed I only have 3 ingredients here. 
For Pete's sake, someone just commit me already, please.


The 4th ingredient is olive oil, yeesh.

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Okay, let's get back to today's topic, 
I MADE HOMEMADE TORTILLAS AND IT WAS SO EASY!
Only 4 ingredients!!

This recipe is from the My Fitness Pal website.
Click HERE to to go to that website to print off recipe.

I use white whole wheat flour. 


There are several brands, but I do like this one 
the best.

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4-Ingredient Whole Wheat Tortillas
Ingredients

• 2 cups White Whole Wheat Flour
• 3 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 3/4 teaspoon Salt
• 2/3 cup warm Water

Directions
In a bowl, mix together the flour, oil and salt. Slowly add the warm water while stirring until a rough dough comes together. Add a little extra water if needed. Turn the dough onto the counter and knead for about two minutes. Return to bowl and let rest for 20 minutes.

Divide dough into 8 equal balls. Using a rolling pin, roll each ball into a circle. You’ll want them to be pretty thin.

Heat a pan over medium high heat and grease very lightly. Drop one tortilla into the pan and let cook until bubbles form, about 1 minute. Flip over and cook another minute, pressing down with a spatula if needed. Repeat with remaining dough.

Use immediately, or store in an airtight container and either refrigerate or freeze. Warm just before serving to soften.

This is how easy 
this is.


Throw all four ingredients into the bowl.

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Mix 
it 
up!

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Throw the dough ball onto your counter.


Now really, 
how easy can this be???

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Knead that sucker 
for two minutes 
or so.

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This is the easiest part. 

Let it rest for 20 minutes.

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This is easy too!


Form 8 golf ball size balls!

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Roll each ball into a circle.

I did NOT use flour, it just rolls out very nicely like this!

This was my very first one. Not too bad, huh!

I about crapped, 
quite frankly,
 at how easy this was!

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And this was my second one, 


even better and 
more round!!

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I rolled them out about this thin. 


Some I even rolled thinner.

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So I threw my first one in the cast iron skillet. 


 I had the skillet on Medium heat.

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I waited till it bubbled and browned a bit...

...and then I flipped the tortilla over for about the same amount 
of time, 


a minute or two.

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I - AM - SPARTACUS!!!!!

AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Ever see the 1960 movie Spartacus 
with 
Kirk Douglas, 
Laurence Olivier 
and 
Tony Curtis?

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Well, just in case you haven't seen the movie, 
here's the movie trailer. 
1960 style.


Prepare for cheesetastic!

AMPAS

This is from the set of Spartacus. 


That be a cool looking Kirk Douglas 
and 
a super young 
Tony Curtis. 


Wow!

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Know what else is wow???
 I made TWO EXCELLENT TORTILLAS!!! 
IN A ROW!!

I WAS GETTING SO EXCITED BY THIS TIME, 


I WAS WHOPPIN' IT UP, 
although no one was around to enjoy THAT classiness,


AND I WAS DANCIN' AND ACTIN' LIKE A FOOL AND
ALL COOL...

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And then reality always bites me in the
...in the
in the tortilla.

Whatev tortilla #3, 
I will overcome!!!

Bingo.

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So I kept the tortillas wrapped up in a kitchen towel to keep them warm and soft.

Then I started putting together a simple taco just to see how these tortillas really are....

We have roast chicken and tomatoes here...

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Let's add 
 queso fresco cheese 
and 
cilantro...

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Okay, gearing up. This is the key moment. 
How are these tortillas...

The answer be awesome!

The tortillas were

• soft 
  
• easy
  
• quick
• 4 ingredients

• no additives!
  

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So if you want to print off this easy recipe, just scroll up and click on any My Fitness Pal link or just click HERE.


So anyway, blogging about these tortillas made me think of this vintage advertisement I have hanging out on my kitchen shelf for Coronado Ranges...

Coronado Range 
featuring the 
"CONSTANT CLEAN OVEN!" 
Man, I NEED that!

It's like Cathy is talking directly to me, 
whispering, 
"You will never be complete without a constant clean oven, Angie. 
Your oven will always be dirty if you do not buy Coronado." 

Cathy's right, you know. 
I just opened up my constant dirty oven and this is how it is looking. 
Aaaand of course there's a leftover pan with food hiding in there. 

I AM shameless. 
And prideless.

Cathy thinks so too.

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CATHY CAN STUFF IT!!!!

Anyhow....the chicken I threw in the crockpot this morning, remember? 
I made broth with it after I had deboned the chicken. 
Click HERE for the recipe I use for chicken broth, 
I didn't cook it overnight, I cooked it during the day. 

And here is the yummy stock 
I procured from the crockpot fixins!

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So after taking an excruciatingly long time to tell you about my simple 
4 - Ingredient Whole Wheat Tortillas that I made, 
I will sign off for now.


When I come back, I will be sharing an elegant twice baked potato cup recipe and a dill dip recipe that you will send me a thank you note and five thousand dollars in appreciation.


What?
 
It could happen!

It's THAT good!
:)




Okay, thanks for checking in y'all, 
have a great week and 
we'll talk at ya soon!